Seamster v. Blackstock
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to judgment of circuit court of Halifax county, rendered November 12th, 1884, in an action of ejectment, wherein John J., Elijah G., Charles H. and David A. Blackstock and Henry Seamster and Sarah C., his wife, were plaintiffs, and John Seamster, Martha Blackstock and Williamson Canada were defendants.
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Error to judgment of circuit court of Halifax county, rendered November 12th, 1884, in an action of ejectment, wherein John J., Elijah G., Charles H. and David A. Blackstock and Henry Seamster and Sarah C., his wife, were plaintiffs, and John Seamster, Martha Blackstock and Williamson Canada were defendants. The defendants pleaded not guilty, and gave notice of equitable defenses under Code 1873, ch. 131, §§ 20 and 21. The jury returned a special verdict, upon which judgment was rendered for the plaintiffs. Whereupon the defendants obtained a writ of error and supersedeas. Opinion states the…
1Opinion of the CourtRichardson, J.
The plaintiffs, the defendants in error here, are the heirs at law of William Blackstock, who died intestate, in 1861, and they claim as such heirs. The defendants claim title through and under one. Allen Conner, now deceased, who purchased the land in controversy under a decree of the ■county court of Halifax county in 1862. Ho conveyance, however, appears to have been made to the purchaser,, or ordered by the court. The sale was made in a certain chancery suit, which was brought in the said county court, in 1862, by the widow of the said William Blackstock, deceased, for the sole purpose of…
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